| Study | Exclusion reasons | Rmk | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bérard (Controls exposed to SNRI or SSRI other than Paroxetine), 2007 | inadequate or absent control group | EXCLUDED: non exposed group: exposed to i) SSRI other than Paroxetine; ii) or non-SSRI antidepressants (mainly venlafaxine (37%) or amitriptyline (33%)), which are not considered as relevant control groups. |
Bérard A Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol 2007;80:18-27 10.1002/bdrb.20099 |
| Cole, 2007 | inadequate or absent control group | EXCLUDED: control group was exposed to other antidepressants (NOS), probably with Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are not an adequate comparison group for Paroxetine which is also a SSRI. |
Cole JA Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2007;16:1075-85 10.1002/pds.1463 |
| Malm, 2005 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: overlapping. Data are included in a larger study: Furu 2015 (malformations in 5 Nordic countries, including Finland) concerning a longer period (1996 - 2010) and more exposed pregnancies. For medical care outcome: ni adequate control group. |
Malm H Obstet Gynecol 2005;106:1289-96 10.1097/01.AOG.0000187302.61812.53 |
| Diav-Citrin, 2005 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: a more detailed and updated study was published by Diav-Cirtin 2008, based more exposed pregnancies. | |
| Kallen, 2006 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: Overlapping: data on 'any malformations' included in a more detailed and updated article Kallen 2007 and 'Cardiovascular malformations' included in a larger study (Furu 2015) based on 5 nordic databases and more exposed pregnancies. |
Källen B Reprod Toxicol 2006;21:221-2 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.11.006 |
| Bakker, 2006 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: a more detailed and updated study was published by Bakker 2010, based on a longer period and included more cases and controls. | |
| Ramos, 2008 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | Overlapping: Data updated by Bérard 2017. |
Ramos Br J Psychiatry 2008; 192:344-50 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.042523 |
| Pedersen, 2009 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: Data from Denmark (1996–2003) => Included in a larger study published by Furu 2015 (data from Nordic population (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) between1996-2010). | |
| Kornum, 2010 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | EXCLUDED: data of Northern Denmark (approximately 31% of the Danish population) between 1991–2007, mainly included in the entire Danish nationwide cohort study (1997-2009) published by Jimenez-Solem 2012. | |
| Schloemp, 2006 | same data already obtained by other studies | EXCLUDED: these data are largely included in a larger study published by Diav-Cirtin 2008 (Israel, Italy and Germany) that include more exposed pregnancies. |
Schloemp Hum Reprod. 2006;21(Suppl I):ii 2. ESHRE abstract O-030. |
| Cole, 2006 | same data already obtained by other studies | EXCLUDED: an entire publication, more detailed that this abstract was published by Cole 2007. |
Cole Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Sa F 2006;15(51):S6.Abstract. 10.1002/pds.1295 |
| Berard, 2006 | same data already obtained by other studies | EXCLUDED: an entire publication, more detailed that this abstract was published by Cole 2007. |
Berard Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2006;76:335. Abstract. |
| Nash, 2007 | article unavailable | EXCLUDED: abstract of congress not available (an other article of Nash in Acta paediatrica, 2007;96(S456) did not provide enough details to be reported). | |
| Knudsen, 2014 | Studies without separate analysis of the considered drug/class from other drugs/class | EXCLUDED: analysis of SSRI as a whole, without distinction between substances. |
Knudsen TM BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2014;14:333 10.1186/1471-2393-14-333 |
| Simon, 2002 | Studies without separate analysis of the considered drug/class from other drugs/class | EXCLUDED: analysis of SSRI as a whole, without distinction between substances. |
Simon GE Am J Psychiatry 2002;159:2055-61 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2055 |
| Kulin, 1998 | Studies without separate analysis of the considered drug/class from other drugs/class | EXCLUDED: analysis of SSRI as a whole, without distinction between substances. | |
| Casper, 2003 | Studies without separate analysis of the considered drug/class from other drugs/class | EXCLUDED: analysis of SSRI as a whole, without distinction between substances. | |
| Louik, 2006 | Studies without separate analysis of the considered drug/class from other drugs/class | EXCLUDED: analysis of SSRI as a whole, without distinction between substances. |